The Sun. — London, England, 1818-03-11 00:00:00

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OFFICERS o f His MA JES7'Y'S ORD.2IINCE do hereby give Notice, that will be received at their Office, in Pall-))fall, on :Ito before jlonday, the 16th March next, from such Persons .e willin g t o U n d erta k e the Supply of CLOTHING j .( " . t he. ORDNANCE MILITARY CORPS, for a period qf -thrfv..Years, trig._l.Bl9,-18t20, andlB2l. of ,the Clothing may be viewed upon Applica at the Principal- -Storekeeper's Office in the Tower; and / eke 11 9 Pat Arsenal at froolwich; and farther parti kgether With the - Term4 and Conditions of Me ratract; _may knOwn at the Secretary's .office, Pal jf,ll aferesaid, any Day. between th, Hours of Ten and 9u 'WU6a, wher,tlW;7l"rOPosals must be delivered, sealed crn4 endorsed proposali for Clothing;" 'it no Pro a`4ce:t C " be admiited after the-said 16th M ar ih, a t T we l ve it, : e l"c at Noon of - the sane day ; neither will any Tender be 4,4:Cludess thee Party making it, or an A gen t i n his /31 444 attend. By Order of the Board, 12. H. CREW, Secretary,. TO BUTCHERS. • VAL HOSPITAL FOR SEANIEN AT GREENWICH, March 6, 1818. C li PCI-80118 •AS may be willing to Contract • • 6,, s . f ursuppiyi ng this Hospital 'with BUTCHERS' MEAT 1 441 't or Twelve Months (the Meat to be killed torty-eight rs before delivery, if required), may deliver in theii—Pro tr, 41 " the Directors of the said Hospital, at this Place, 10: 411 IRDAY, the 14th Instant, at Eleven O'Clock in the lA r4 "/ "n ; and in the mean time he furnished with Forms of t ir l' , % ais, and acquainted with further particulars, by in- L4 g rat the Steward's Office here. No Proposal will be received after the bone afore ski4ul will any, be atteudedlo that nut agreeable to the ; n)r unless the Parties personally appear. GENERAL POST OFFICE, Mulch 9., 181 S. • FELONY. I, I IXI HUNDRED AND FIFTY POUNDS REWARD. 40:VAS I'INNOt.K, late of St. Antes Court, 4 00 , 8( *",- is strongly suspected of Felony; wh oever s h a ll "Ilend him, will be entitled to a Reward of ONE HUN ttitr:-44 AND' FIFTY.POUNDS : FIFTY POUNDS th ereo f il apprel sion and 0 " . .E HUNDRED POUNDS upon O. ""'bietion . . . tf, 1 , 1 , said THOMAS PINNOCK is about 4n years ot age, 5 feet 9 or la Inches high, dark complexion, 11 4 Itair and whiskers, and fresli-coloured . ;_ was dressed ou iiiii-!:3111 u lt. i n i t new snuff-coltnired brown coat, covered th t Natons, double-breasted buff waistcoat,. with bi,ittons of 61 s ., s4 'llei has worn at, !lines a. yellowgreen lapelled coat, a tin t to..ti with gilt biittousond a 'dark brown great coat. He A bt et ' 'I Gentleman's servant, is supposed to bare-been in and has been abroad. His Wife, who is itilvauced . , •••• is probably wilts . `'Y "Anniand of th e P:istniaster-General, • FRANCIS FREELINO,• S ecrtlary; HIGHLAND SOCIE TY OF LONDON. G kNER L COURT of - ibis CORPORA TION, to. cONIMEORATE the Anurorty of DRIA, *ill he held M at FREEMASONS' TAVERN, • 1 1 .•1•ruiti),_ir, the 21st Inst. 'at Five o'Cloek, 4 Grace the Dudie 4f ARGYLL, President, in the Chair. I,4leiimpliairce with the Regulati o n s o f t h e ,ocit.ty, it is ly requested tat all.,Members o whom it 'na be wilt be pleased to appear in the t Highland Ga rb. t tt Citric of the Society will he in attendance at the'Ta• very day after the 12th iust. fruin i'welve .till Three . • 'fur the purpose of issuing . 'Rickets; - Limier at Six o'Clock. • 4, / 1 , D. MACKINNON, Secretary. March 10, 1818.. • INDIA HEMP CARPETING. U P r g Public are respectfully informed, that NEW ARTICLE-o 1 FOREIGN and DOMESTIC 4 c, ) 4 IERCE is now brought to a degree of ,perfection far ,kryl.pl*,.xftectation. Its superiority in economy ? neataess, klvd 9rahility, appears t o b e f u lly esta bli s h e d by e*perience tqlve,titirroed be general favour. A variety of New Pat l'Ovc recenfry been trought,out, and the nianuf. ! cture to he sold, in various Widths, for Rooms, Stairs, &c. Elutlt r and- TURNEY, at their .Caroet and Fl oo r- A arehonse ' No.lB, Change-aliey, Cortshill, London.. k id t o lie had at , most ot the respectable Uphulvery Pet Wareltuases throughout the KinL7dom... . . :14 rAitY INSTITUTION, CHARLTON ) . KENT. HOMMEy And IT,TI.BON • (late Nlessi s 13,11NINYCASTLE and HOMMEY) beg to t l'heir Fr iends nod the Public, that they har e r e - o p en ed 4 1, rp 4 l,lil itr Institution, at the above place, npon a new Z Mlichis designed to embrace two distinct Systems: in 'kill be tailkht ail the .Branches of Mathematics, a ßt' -IrtiLery Tactics, Plan Drawitc, CPII- ti D4l (l with Military- Profession. In the second, their Pri n ote° t ention will be directed to the most useful Foreign 1N ,, , 44 Ftg, particularly to the French,' whi c h i s a l wa y s th t , d ! the hous e i o its parity; and likewi,se topic • sh • i ., 41 4 1,r-ucation of soch Gentle:nest as are learnt; kuhlic 1 )). iuitiating them in the Knowledge of the roost ih (t ',`nt Pa r t s o f getnt,stl..itrature. The Gentlemen lOdge , g‘iq Honse, where one of the princip a l M as t ers sot take tbrir - MeSs Dinner at Five o'Clock with Mr. ' and FaMilY. tit Phio a , nd Term; applyl'onnycastle,Wool : or to Mess s rs. Hommey and Fetison, Charlton, CHILBLAINS CURED FOR Is. lid. • • I A RSUALUS CERATEPrevcAt's and Cures 141.,i1\ :those tr o ubl e So me and painful vi s it an t s Cl-111 . i to S .. Whether in a broken or unbroken state; resuovei and Inq.onination oti ,the. first application, and '',Ni h "' r en, heals icy a much shorter tiine . than can be cre t 6 .1 experience. • ' Ulcerated Legs, Burns,:Scalds, Bruises, and Ul 't t i` e very denomination,and of however lung standin g , ` e t•ually cured hy this Caerae, (Copy of a Letter.) Birtnitlgham, June 18, IEO4. , Q. Vlti vt C,ltiernen,--A very singular and important Cure per k' • , uY Marshall's Universal Cerate demands publicity. o' l l, Esq. bad a titan of the name of HArris 'working, 1,, 1 , 14 1 ; ,', 4 4 vett atflicted . for- fi fteen years with a Must shocking i24 114:,: :ft0l bad leg, ,insontoch as to be almost in a state of iut t ; he had been )n thy Ln . ndoir Hospitals, t o tin ‘tst y, and muter Surgeons of tint plate, for s even - years 'll l " ' l l e ight.e bnxt s of Nlars i liall s Universal Cerate, he• t cured' Wm: thiukthe Prn -I'lllj is promoting, the: eause of humanity, by publishing aod cvery,opportuttity of making it known will be " Your obedient bumble servant, " E. PEIitCY, 1;1 1 1 41 i-street, Birmituzita.m.!' "cl w ."," whi.tesarr ret4il . 6y Nlrs. Nlarshall's - Agent, E. NC r ,'ls, 66, oti Fimt-way, St. Patirs Church-yard, Lon eike Is. lith And 23.2 d. per bux. A GRAND sEI:E6TION. The First -Part snlely front THE MESSIAH, composed by: G. F. HANDEL. To particular Airs and Chorusses of which will he introduced the Additional accotnpaniments . by W.•A. MOZART. In which Miss' Stephens .will sing " There were shep- , herds,"—" I know that.- my Redeemer liVeth,"----" Eve's La, mentation,"--;and the Duetto of " Fair Solima," with Mr., Brabant. Mess. Frith, " Rejoice greatly,"—and " see, - sec the-kind indulgent gales.". Miss George, " But thou didst nut _ leave." Miss Healy (her first appearance) " Sad any soul." Master, Donaldson, " The Peasant Boy." -And Miss Corri, Della tromfia," and " o.quanto l .anima. itlr. Braharb, Comfort ye my people,"—" Luther's Hymn,"—" Lord re member David"—and the Duett o !‘ Ala earn sputa," with Miss Corti. Mr. Thorne 't The sun sets at night." Mr. Yard iey, "'Conquest is not to bestow." 'Mr. 'Pinney, " For he hold,"--7" The people that walketh," and' t' Why. romes not death." .The Grand Chorusses of " For unto ns,"--"' Hal lelujah,"—" The multitude Of abgels,"—" The heavens are telling,"—and tha . 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His Lordship also movrd for an Address to the Prince Regent, praying for :certain Papers regarding the Clergy.—Ordered... Lee's Divorce Bill Was reported by the Earl of SHAPTHSBURY, the Amendmeilts agreed to, and the Bill ordered to be engrossed. . The Mutiny Bill, the Mutiny Act Mittake . Bill, the West India Judemnity Bill, anti the Madder Duties Bill, were•brought up from the House of Co►nntons try Mr. Brogden and other. Members,. and read a first time. THE ARMY. The Earl GippsAt - sNott g:;ve notice of hisinten - - lion to move on Friday, on tire Report of the -Mutiny 13111, a reduction in the number of the . Military Force, which was much larger than was called tor by agy necessity, under the present uru cstanees of tine . country. CLIMBING BOYS. Lord llot.r.rt piesented a petition friqn George's, Hatiover.square, against the Chimney Sweepers' ilegnlatiOn Bill. His Lordship doubted, tun 1, the construction 'Of some chimnies, whether ohibi.ing ally other mode of sweeping theni than by machinery might not endanger 'property to, a considerable amount, ,hut as it was understood both sides were to,be lseard in the Committee, he should not Oppose the second reading of the Bill. The petition was ordered to lie on the table. The'Duke Of'SussEx presented a petition from Stockton-upon-Tees, in favour of the Bill. His Royal Highness expressed a hope that a Com mittee would be appointed, in order that the sub ject might be thoroughly' investigated.—The pe- Orion was ordered to lie upon the table. Lord AUCKLAND said he had intended, on rimy t-he,second reading Of the Chimney Sweepers' Regulation Bill, to have gone into observations upon it at some length, but.understanding it was the wish of their Lordships to appoint - a Commit tee for the investigation of the subject, he should, postpone what he had intended to say' till that Committee had made their Repnft. He Might he allowed, however, to express a hope that the Committee, upou the evidence broUght before them, -would' be of opinion that the practice, so abhorrent to humanity, of employing boys in the sweeping of chimoies, ought to be abolished. The. Bill was read a secoi,d time, and committed to a l'riva7e . Committee, to consist of all the Lords who have been present this Session, and to have the power of chasing their own Chairman, to meet to-morrow (this nay), at two o'clock.- - -- All the petitions resented respeeting.this Bill to be referred to the Committee, and t he" paxties . Th he allowed to be heard by themselves . , their Counsel, or Agents. . Adjourned till to-morrow .(this day.) ~,..1-10USE• OF COMMONS. _ •• An account was presented'of the Feei of Pardons under the Great Seal. • 111 r. LURWEN- presented 'a Petition from some, Inhabi tants of Cumberl,llo, for an ,akteration in the Tithe La.,vs. Mr. S. LEFF.VitE presented a Petition frOm the Silk Weavers of Reading; coniplaining of their'condition, which was referred td the Committee on t lie Silk Trade. • Petitiol.s against the Leather Tax were presented from New Sarum and Newhely. _ _ Petition was p_esci►ted from the Overseers of the Poor, cif Plymouth buck and Stoke DmocrelL against the Poors Laws. -Lord LASCELLES presented a Petition front 'the Inhabit ants of Townships in which Lead Mines were situated, corn plainirKlhat those Mines were not rated to the support of the pour. Lands were there rated at five, six, seven, nine, ten shillings on the rack rent. • Mr. CLFRtI EN concurred as to the justice of the• peti tiouer's courplaints. BREWERS' MONOPOLY. Mr. LOCKHART held in his hand a Petition, signed by more than fourteen thonsand persons, iobabitatos of London and its immediate vicinity, among %Omni were st.!veial Magistrates of the County, some Gentlemen of fottune, many re spectable Tradesmen, and. the reruainder of the names were from,the great mass of the labouring classes in the metropolis. The subject of the pe tition was the present high price of Porter, and the very inferior quality of that necessarv . article, as compared with what it had been. With re spect to the high price of Porter, it was stated by she petitioner's, that this was produced by a mo nopoly on the part of the, great London IFirewers. When the prices of-Malt atul hops, and of labour, were diminished, and,when the Property Tax had been dune away, no adequate reduction bail taken place id the price of Porter. The reason given for this was, that the stock then on hand was not affected - by the decline in the price of malt, &c. and must 'he disposed of :before that relief which the 'public looked for could be afforded. But when the itate of things was different, when in 1815 the prices of Malt and imps got up, the price of Porter immediately rose, though the stock then On•band must have been the produce of a year of low prices. The petitioners furiher complained, that the quality of Porter had so de generated that it was no longer that invigorating beverage which cheered the heart of man, and en abled him to ,sustain the severest toil ; but on,the e'ontraty, adulterated by the introduction ot* cer tain deleterious ingredients; instead of nourishing the human frame, it rather tended-- to impair the Constitution of those who drank it. This they stated themselves. to be able to trace to- the mo nopoly established by eleven great Brewers in London, who were in the habit of regularly-meet ing, as if they all belonged to one concern, in order to fix the price at which the commOditY they dealt in should be sold. The Conuniftee on the Police of the Metropolis had looked very cloiely into the peseta , Systemestablished by the London Brewers, but 'On TOoking over the evidence given - before that Committee, he (Mr. Lockh ar t) h a d no t . - been :able to find any thing about these meetiiigs to fixrlit price of porter. 'He should, therefOre, hope this'v , ate. meta was unfounded. . As .. .a : monopoly for Med to raise the price'of any article •of prOvkiou co, the public was contrary to law, most injurions to the , ..„ cantnrtinity., and likely to 'trochee the lutist Jinn germ's consequences, he should hope-the charge torrid not be just, , and that no'Clethleman of cha ratter;,,fibnone, ..and.:torttne, wo9ld rake part in "y"'-meeting called for such a purpose. -The POI ioner's p (mei ( led to state that the monopoly ssf vidkichthey-cemPlained was produced . and_ : fos tered by the existiug laws with respect to licences. By the law as it ,stood at present, the Magistrates were Invested with the power of saying who 'should and who should not entry on the trade t•f a victualler. They could,; at arty time,, force a man, to leave his . honse, and it was for them to de termine when and where he should follow the calling of a . ' publican. . Tias ..would not he a great evil it a solltia , disci•etiop were exercised by the Magistrates, but..the Licensing Magistrates, in deciding on,eases of thii &script:on, it was. said did not exercise a sound discretion. Licenses were wit Wield', or given by them with a view to the profit and advantage of certain brewers who were their' patrons. They further cornplained.of the power given to tote Magistrates .to take away the license of any victualler for alleged misu.on duet, without any kind of trial.' This,they con tended, was inconsistent with the.print.iples - of blitglish law, as - it , enabled a Magistrate, at his pleesure, to deprive an individual of his and perhaps of his, property, and thus not mitre trendy to involve:Mtn in- unmerited ruin. Some instances were stated to have occurred in-which this power had been -used. in a most arbitrary and unjust manner. The remedy which the pe titioners suggested . for . these --evils was an open trade. They recommendetl that a li•t! cense should be granted to any - person wish ing to carry on the, business of a Victualler, on his paying a t!uty which might -be imposed to.henefit the revenue, without the intervention of .the Magistrate When a license should be' taken away, they wished it to: be withdrawn on some known legislative 'rule; and not at tire plea stire, or on the individual opinion of a Magistrate.- This the petitioners were satisfied was the . only remedy, thatcOuld be applied to the ei;il of which they complained, and this they 'thought would speedily remove the grievances of 'excessive price and great deterioration of the quality of that ne cessary article, porter.. These were the facts of the case; for the troth of . them be. could not pledge himself, bat he had thought it his duty. to lsy this very inWOrtant petition before the House, in - itieh a manner at - it should attract attention. He" might, however, be allowed to recommend it, as it went against an alleged moqopoly, and a monopoly to advance the price- of provisions waS abhorrent to all law, .and opposite to every prin ciple of good commercial policy, as :reasonable prices.e, ere only to- be expeeted• from an open trade and, free competition. The petition_too, he would say, :was in several particulars borne 'Out by the Report of the Conitnittce on the Polite of the Metropolis. The most eminent Wren in . the bre wing line were examined _before ilt4t. Com mittee, and it had appeared to the. Conituit'ee, as might be seen front their Report, that within Ott last few years the practice of ptircha , tg ' houses by brewers had greatly increased. "Nearly one-half of the public-houses in tire. Metropolis had thus become the property of the brevets This system it condemned, as most injnriinis to the public at rarge.: It would thus be Seen that the petitioners bad not. come to the Honse on slight grOunds, since the system which they de sired to put down had received the strong con , demnation of a Committee of that House. • The petition trus then brought up and read. To the Honourable the Commons of the United King dom of Great Britain anti Ireland in Parliament as sembled, the humble Petition of the Inhabitants. of Loudon awl its Vicinity . SHEWETH, 1. That yoUr Petitioners are much aggrieved by the higlt price, anti inferior quality of the Beer which is 'obtruded upon them in consequence of the supplying of that neces sary of life being 'confined to certain privileged individuals and places. 2. That high legal authorities have declared all Monopo lies to be ;Against the ancient and fundamental laws..of the realm, and injurious to the public—first; by raising the price of commodities; secondly, by diminishing their quality; thirdly, by iMpoverishing poor manufacturers. 3: That the Legislature has passed numerous statutes to punish such as are guilty of creating Mtlnopolies—particu larly MonopolieS' of the necessaries of life ; and so early as.the id•and d of Edward IV. very heavy penaltivs were imposed on victuallers who'combined. together to raise the price of victuals, 'extending upon a second rettetition of the c.ifence to the pillory, to the - loss of an ear, and perpi:.tual fauty.- • 4. That, notwithstanding. the illegality of such conduct, and its injury to the public, a Monopoly it the seit o dy f - Beer has of late years been raistll in various 'pails of land • insomuch, that nearly toe wholecnstom of, the . me tropolis is engrossed by eleven great breweries, whose prin cipals act in conibutathm—meeting together 'bite:the ,liatt ners of one concern, .and fixing the price at which Beer shall be sold. • . 5. That when the reduced price of malt,and hops, of horses' provender and labour, the lessening of the tax on malt, and the subsequent rinolitiOn of the Property Tax enabled the Brewers 'to make great r c eductions ht their accustomed charges,dhey did not make such reductions, but kept up their price, until aftertheir conduct • had excited animad versions in the House or Commons, alleging as a reason for their doing so, that theitl'ituck in hand must be first disposed of. .6. That so soon as. the,failure 'of the harvest in. 1816 caused the price of malt to look up„and whiletheir stock in hand was whollynnatfected by the rise in the materials, they re vived the high prices of Beer to the consumer, which prices they have lately still further advanced. 7. That Beer as no* made is so void of the nourishing and invigorating 'qualities which it formerly posses , ed, and is oftentimes so' ungrateful and even ißjurions teethe stomach, owing to the deleterious ingredients, of which . it in some instances comp4sed,fhat oonsumorS are frequently driven to use a mixture of gin with ;t, to give it the semblance, of strength and spirit, 0r still more prejudicially to, the drink ing of gin instead of beer. , 8. That these cud numerous tither • evils are justly at-tri•